Black Opal Stakes victory gives owner-breeder Sir Owen Glenn a second runner in $5 million juvenile showpiece Trainers Michael and Richard Freedman intend to back up yesterday’s Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Queen Of The Ball in Saturday’s $5 million Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), giving her sire I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit)... Read More

Strong demand set to continue at South Australia’s annual thoroughbred auction An influx of eastern states vendors and a concerted effort by South Australia’s breeders to back its local Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale has organisers confident that a diverse buying bench has the quantity and quality of horses to see the immense Australia-wide demand... Read More

The Jerome Hunter-trained Barb Raider (3 f Rebel Raider – Graebarb by Host) recorded successive stakes-race victories when she produced a career-best performance to win the Kewney Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) at Flemington yesterday. Last seen winning the The Vanity (Gr 3, 1400m), the three-year-old bravely fought off the late challenge of Kevin Hayes Stakes... Read More

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Lighthouse (5 m Mizzen Mast – More Hoping by North Light) became the second US import in three years to claim the Coolmore Classic (Gr 1, 1500m) for the fillies and mares when the gallant five-year-old galloped clear of her rivals in yesterday’s feature at Rosehill.  Lighthouse, owned by... Read More

History will tell you that New Zealand-breds are famed for their staying power, sought for their Classic generation potency, while their precocious antipodean cousins from across the Tasman are better known for their early, sprinting prowess. But yesterday, New Zealand breeders celebrated both a $101 boilover in one of Australia’s most iconic sprints and a... Read More